Our missing middle plan for Yarra

Summary of our missing middle plan - x storeys near PT etc.

Missing middle map

TODO: insert map that is our missing middle plan for this area.

Includes 6 storeys near train stations and GRZ everywhere else as per the missing middle report.

Tab that compare

Current map

Our plan will 4/5/6/7x Yarra’s zoned capacity to deliver more housing

Todo - figure out current zoned capacity and then figure out how much we are icnreasing it.

Housing targets for Yarra

should have x% of Melbourne’s housing as a target.

With current state target that means xyz homes per year over the next 10 years.

Without missing middle Yarra is falling behind

Yarra has been building housing, but cannot rest on its laurels params$area has amazing public transport, and it needs to do more to ensure that housing is abundant.

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Not enough of Yarra is zoned for more housing.

Not enough housing is being built in Yarra because it has not been zoned for housing.

By number of lots

By total area

Table

Number of properties Area (sqm) Share of properties that are heritage Share of land that is heritage
Already developed
Free from heritage controls 489 514,815 35% 37%
Subject to heritage controls 897 869,721 65% 63%
Civic land
Free from heritage controls 315 2,010,402 44% 31%
Subject to heritage controls 400 4,395,204 56% 69%
Commercial only
Free from heritage controls 2,031 914,359 47% 55%
Subject to heritage controls 2,324 757,116 53% 45%
General residential
Free from heritage controls 3,580 676,451 73% 63%
Subject to heritage controls 1,347 403,779 27% 37%
Industrial
Free from heritage controls 277 244,629 88% 88%
Subject to heritage controls 38 33,765 12% 12%
Mixed use
Free from heritage controls 453 163,803 38% 35%
Subject to heritage controls 754 299,674 62% 65%
Neighbourhood residential
Free from heritage controls 975 277,416 6% 8%
Subject to heritage controls 14,536 3,382,464 94% 92%
Residential Growth
Subject to heritage controls 1 314 100% 100%
Total
Free from heritage controls 8,120 4,801,875 29% 32%
Subject to heritage controls 20,297 10,142,037 71% 68%
Total where new housing can be built
Free from heritage 5,008 1,117,670 23% 21%
Subject to heritage controls 16,638 4,086,231 77% 79%

Housing is falling behind because nothing gets built in NRZ/GRZ.

insert building approval data for this LGA by zone category

Heritage should not be a barrier to housing abudance

Housing targets should not include heritage. If Yarra wants heritage then it might need taller building elsewhere.

Lot sizes are no barrier to growth

This LGA has big lots, but we can build on small lots anyway.

Lot sizes in Yarra

Larger lots can be easier to develop, but Melbourne has been sucssessful in developing even on small lots

By number of lots

By area

Why missing middle will make housing better in Melbourne

Recycle text from missing middle report.

Appendix A: Yarra land profile in ?

There are 28,417 parcels of land in Yarra. But not every piece of land can have housing on it. Of these parcels, 704 are on civic land like schools, hospitals, or train stations where development is challenging. Another 4,827 are in zones that do not development. Finally 1,240 properties have already been developed with more than 1 unit, making re-development difficult.

That leaves 21,646 that are available for development. The size of these lots is 5,203,901 square meters, or 260 MCGs worth of space to build housing.